News

December 2013

Neil Bluhm Gives $15 Million to Northwestern Law
Neil G. Bluhm (JD '62) has made a gift of $15 million to Northwestern University School of Law to support public interest and government work through the Loan Repayment Assistance Program and clinical legal education at the Bluhm Legal Clinic. It is the largest charitable gift in the Law School’s history.

November 2013

Searle Center Investigates Technology Standards
Researchers at Northwestern Law’s Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth are creating a series of related databases to collate information regarding technology standards, standard setting organizations, and patents. These databases are being made available to researchers on the Searle Center website.

New Law Degree for Science and Technology Professionals
Northwestern University School of Law is offering a new Master of Science in Law (MSL), starting in fall 2014, designed specifically for professionals with backgrounds in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) and medicine.

September 2013

Jay A. Pritzker Fellowship Program Established
The Jay Pritzker Foundation has given one million dollars to establish the Jay A. Pritzker Fellowship Program at Northwestern Law, a program that supports post-graduate public interest work in underserved communities.

Entrepreneurship Law Center Launches New Massive Online Course
The Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Entrepreneurship Law Center has launched a new massive open online course as part of a university-wide initiative to provide selected Northwestern courses globally through a large-scale digital platform. The new course, Law and the Entrepreneur, is scheduled to start October 23.

August 2013

Searle Center Receives $2 Million from Qualcomm for Patent Research
Wireless technologies company Qualcomm Incorporated has given the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University Law School $2 million to fund research that will investigate the role of patents in incentivizing technological innovation.

May 2013

April 2013

Professor Kristen Stilt Named Guggenheim Fellow
Northwestern Law professor Kristen Stilt was named a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for her work on the role of Islamic law in modern constitutions.

Remembering Dawn Clark Netsch (JD ’52)
A memorial service celebrating the life and work of Dawn Clark Netsch (JD '52) on will be held on Saturday, April 13, at 2 p.m in Thorne Auditorium at Northwestern Law.